
CAE Community of Practice Cyber Artificial Intelligence
Leading Institution: Towson University

Our Mission
To collaborate with both the CAE community and the NCAE-C Program Management Office (PMO) to build a Cybersecurity Excellence Community of Practice in Artificial Intelligence (CoP-CAI) in order to gather and share input from the broader community and support continuous program improvement at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
The CoP-CAI Steering Committee is composed of individuals with significant experience in the CAE program. Many of the members are the CAE Point-of-Contact (POC) at their institution and volunteer their time to provide valuable feedback about topics relevant to the CAE-CAI.
The CoP-CAI Steering Committee meets on a quarterly basis and our main goals for the academic year are to:
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Assist the CAE PMO and DOD CAEO in building and managing the NCAE-C Program to maintain quality, collaboration, and innovation;
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Assist in establishing a greater sense of community among CAE-CAI members;
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Provide support to assist new and existing fellow CAE-CD members in areas of interest through establishing a CAE-CAI Community of Practice.
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Eman El-Sheikh - University of West Florida
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Greg Gogolin - Ferris State University
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Maanak Gupta - Tennessee Tech University
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Seth Hamman - Cedarville University
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Thomas Hill - Montreat College
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Sidd Kaza - Towson University, CoP-CAI National Co-Lead
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Yair Levy - Nova Southeastern University
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Vincent Nestler - California State University, San Bernardino
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Alexander Perez-Pons - Florida International University
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Ariel Pinto - University at Albany, the State University of New York
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Md Sajid - Towson University
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Mark Spanier - Dakota State University
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Daniel Takabi - Old Dominion University
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Cara Tang - Portland Community College
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Blair Taylor - Towson University, CoP-CAI National Co-Lead
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Tommy Morris - University of Alabama, Huntsville
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Paul Wagner - University of Arizona
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Tobi West - Coastline Community College
The steering committee is led by Blair Taylor (btaylor@towson.edu) and Sidd Kaza (skaza@towson.edu) at Towson University in Maryland (CAE-CD, CAE-CO).
Contacts
Updated: January 20, 2026
